European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 28, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday december 28.1989 wounded journalist tells of Nightmare in Romania editor note one of the near victims of the romanian revolt against he country haled dicta Tor was John Daniszewski chief of the associated press Bureau in Warsaw Poland. He went to the bal Kan nation to cover the momentous events there and filed this firsthand account from his Hospital bed in Yugoslavia by John Daszewski Belgrade. Yugoslavia a the uprising against dictator Nicolae Cha Uscatu gave Rise to fierce Orcsi Slanoc by his secret police and his arrest and subsequent cd caution have heightened the atmosphere of fear suspicion and retribution in Romania. I became a victim of that chaos saturday night. 1 was shot three times narrowly escaping death. One Bullet grazed my Skull and two More Are lodged in my left  to dedicated doctors in District Hospital no. 1 in Timisoara and the Friendly intervention of yugoslav diplomats in the City i survived and was evacuated with in two Days of Belgrade Yugoslavia capital. It is hard to describe the mood of pure panic and Para Noia that pervaded Timisoara a petrochemical Center in Western Romania with about 350,000 inhabitants. The events that led to Ceausescu fall began a week before Christmas. Demonstrations to prevent a protes Tant minister from being evicted swelled into anti government protests. Unarmed civilians were gunned Down in the main Square by stale Security troops the dreaded occur Ilac. No Westerner has been Able to verify the number of fatalities but doctors said More than 4,000 died. After the Slaughter the bodies were gathered in trucks and taken o a mass grave at the City cemetery. The blood that flowed on the Square sparked a pop ular thirst for revenge that has yet to be quenched. Residents responded with a general strike and the army declared itself with the people and against Ceausescu. After state to in the romanian capital of Bucharest fell to the opposition Friday the Borders opened for the first time in four Days to Western journalists. I flew to Belgrade from Warsaw late Friday rented a car at the Airport and started driving to Romania Border. Just before entering Romania i met a yugoslav journalist Ljuba Pajic who was to be my companion in the Days that followed. Although i arrived at the Border with no visa the slightly Drunken Border guards wearing armbands in the National colors of red Blue and yellow let me in with Little formality. American you arc with  one guard whispered out of earshot of his Superior. On the two hour drive to Timisoara we were repeatedly stopped by peasants waving the romanian hag with the communist Emblem Cut out. Ceausescu kaput Ceausescu finite they shouted. But once entering Timisoara tension replaced jubilation. A Siren wailed and Young people on the Street feared a bombing raid against the City by Ceausescu forces. I was shot three times narrowly escaping death. One Bullet grazed my Skull and two More Are lodged in my left . John Daniszewski  with car lights off fearing the bombs that never fell and avoiding the Black silhouettes of tanks at Man Street Corners we began looking for the main hotel in Hopes of finding other journalists. Ljuba and i ended up at the hotel Timisoara near the opera Square. Inside the darkened lobby we were frisked by Ner Vous Young people carrying knives clubs and Sharp ened Sticks. A Young woman who spoke English gave me an account of the massacre children peacefully praying the previous sunday dec. 17, were mowed Down by automatic weapons she said. When their mothers ran to them they too were shot less than an hour after arriving in town i met my first casualty. French photographer Jean la Gevant hobbled into the hotel lobby with a Bullet Hole in his leg and leaning on a Friend . Me was bleeding badly but the sound of gunfire grow ing nearer made everyone reluctant to go for help. Finally a car rolled up to the front door and la Gevant u As bundled inside. Ljuba and i followed in our car. Headlights still off we raced through the deserted streets afraid to Stop. Our car screeched into the court Yard of District Hospital no. 2. The photographer was taken to the operating room and we spent the night in the doctors lounge. The Hospital like other buildings in Timisoara at night was kept in eerie darkness whenever Possi ble. They shoot at the Light one physician said closing a curtain when the Flicker of a television set dimly lighted the lounge. Doctors said they had been working on a con slant Stream of shooting victims since dec. 17.they too were afraid cowering on the floor Daniszewski when the noise of gunfire came too close. Red tracers arched Over the Hospital roof. It was a tense night but by mid morning saturday the shooting had died Down enough to go outside. We spent saturday trying to locate a phone line to the outside to Tell the Story. In the evening i returned to hotel Timisoara where we talked to the Leader of the pro democracy forces which had their Headquarters there. The hotel was again in total blackness. He led us through the empty restaurant to a Small cafe off the Kitchen where he pushed together two tables and fed us a romanian feast sliced sausages and Salt cheese washed Down with Grapefruit soda. Several re Bels and a romanian Soldier with a soviet sub machine gun looked on politely. When asked what kind of country they wanted they said one with democracy and free elections. And the ruling Caus ascus killing was too Good for them the group agreed. Maybe  a Short drive around the downtown where the fighting had been the heaviest All appeared quiet. I made one outside phone Call at a consulate building and went outside. The scene had changed suddenly. Gunfire erupted close by As soon As we left. We backed the car away in the opposite direction and two italian journalists who had left the building with us followed in another car. Then began a Nightmare of running with nowhere to hide. Every turn in the strange City seemed to Lead to another firefight. We tried to make our Way Back to the hotel going in Ever wider circles because of the fighting. Finally Luck ran out. As we drove into an intersection somebody flashed a Light on us and shouted irs romanian. Before we could answer or get out of the car 1 saw the Flash of a gun and realized in an instant that we were being shot at. Something slammed into my  and what fell like warm water flowed Over my head. My own blood. For what seemed like an eternity we screamed that we were journalists. The men who came put of a Bunker to us some in uniform some in civilian clothes shouted at us and dragged us out of the car. We were roughed up. One Man came at me with knife but stopped just before stabbing me. A Soldier kept a gun aimed at my head. I thought they were going to kill us. My companion Ljuba who had not been hit by the gunfire was beaten. Our Money was taken. Of the italians one was badly wounded in the Chest and the other unhurt. Finally two ambulances arrived. Italian photographer Pasquale Morita went first and i followed. The ride to the Hospital was mercifully Brief and Formy second night in Romania i was once again under the physicians Protection. The bullets had gone into my upper left  a few inches from my heart. Another shot Cut a Gash in my Scalp but did not penetrate my Skull. For the two nights and a Day that i Conval sced in the Hospital Battle raged outside my window Between the romanian army and Small ruthless commando units Loyal to Ceausescu. I worried that the Securi Tate would win and murder Usall. But on Christmas Day about 36 hours after i was shot ambulances arranged by the yugoslav g9vern-ment and the a took me and Zeljko Stajan a wounded reporter from Zagreb television to  was never  Happy to Cross a Border. World today Bengal Tiger bites off  of woman giving it water Tokyo a a Bengal Tiger bit offa 19-year-old woman zookeeper  As she was giving it water with a Hose from outside its Cage at a North Ern Japan safari Park police said wednesday. A police official speaking on condition or anonymity said the right  of Kimie Nagasaki was bitten off at the Elbow tuesday at theotho Kun safari Park zoo in Fukushima prefecture i 50 Miles Northeast of Tokyo. Nagasaki who had been feeding the Tiger an cleaning its Cage daily since april i told police from her Hospital bed that she was giving the animal water from outside the Cage but declined to discuss details the official  official said police believed she might have put her hand into the Cage As she guided the  Tiger could not have reached out through the 2 Inch space Between bars in the Cage he  Ando an official of the zoo said other Zookey pcs heard a scream and rushed tothe Cage where they found Nagasaki falling. Tourist derails train engine after going on Joy ride Bulle Switzerland a a West German tourist apparently making a boyhood dream come True boarded a parked diesel engine at bulk railway station and drove off into the night pushing a Sno plow and a passenger coach before the stolen train derailed. Andre Gonoud head of the local railway authority wednesday said the 2vi-Milc Joy ride late last Friday on the narrow gauge Bulle gruyere a Section caused damages totalling about 200,000 Swiss francs s130,000. The Driver identified Only As Wolfgang s., an automotive worker was quo cd by police As boasting of having reached a top Speed of 100 Mph. Officials however said the 70-ton train could not have travelled faster than  Mph. But they added that sheer Luck prevented a major accidental level Crossings. The Man was ordered to undergo a psychiatric examination pending formal charges police said. Greek official car destroyed in bombing Athens Greece a a controversial socialist Deputy and publisher escaped injury on tuesday when his automobile was blown up out Side his Home police said. They said a dynamite explosion destroyed Makis Kouris car Only minutes after he parked it outside his suburban Home at . No one was injured. No one has claimed responsibility for the blast. A police official who asked to remain Anonymous said police did not suspect any of Greece three Well known Urban guerrilla organizations of involvement in the attack. Kouris and his brother George own three Politi Cal dailies and a radio station. He was elected to parliament in june and november this year. $2.6 million collected to save Hiroshima building Hiroshima Japan a people around the world have donated $2.6 million to help Hiroshima preserve a wrecked building left stand ing As a reminder of the world War ii atomic bombing of the Western japanese City official said tuesday. The amount was nearly four limes what the City expected when it launched its Campaign for contributions on May 1, said an official of the City run Hiroshima peace memorial Hall. Hiroshima the world first City to suffer anatomic bombing had hoped donations would cover about half of the .4 million Cost of a preservation project for the atomic bomb dome. The dome the Skeleton of the former Hiroshima Industry promotion Hall is the Only untre paired building still standing from the aug. 6,1945, bombing. Some other structures left standing after the blast have been repaired and Are still in use